Enclosure device for pet animals



Nov. 17, 1953 G. H. HERBERT ENCLOSURE DEVICE FOR PET ANIMALS Filed Sept. 9, 1950 Patented Nov. 17, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ENCLOSURE DEVICE FOR PET ANIMALS Gustave H. Herbert, Bronxville, N. Y. Application September 9, 1950, Serial No. 183,938

7 Claims. .(01. 119-1) This invention relates to a piece of furniture serving as a seat or resting place for pet animals, such as puppies, dogs, cats, etc.

It is one of the main objects of the invention to provide means affording a convenient bed and food trough assembly for accommodating pet animals during rest and feeding times of the latter.

It is another object of the invention to provide means facilitating the manufacture of a compact and very efficient piece of furniture for pet animals, which may be easily moved and transported from place to place and which is shaped to conform to the outline of the back of a cat, dogand like pet animal, when in resting and lying position.

It is still another object of the invention to .provide means rendering the possibility of employing the aforesaid piece of furniture as an enclosure or boundary for puppies and like animals and of connecting to said piece of furniture a device from which said puppies may be fed, said device being movable out of sight and range of the pet animals, if desired.

Still a further object of the present invention is to provide means contributing to considerable improvements in enclosure structures for pet animals, such structures being light inweight, very compact, inexpensive to manufacture, of aesthetic appearance and practical and efficient in use and operation. 7

Yet a further object of the present invention resides in the provision of means offering the possibility of accommodating food troughs or.

bowls for the animal or animals and a drawer for holding toys and medicines beneath the bottom of the enclosure structure when the same is in closed position.

Other objects of the invention will be pointed out in the following description and claims and will be derived from the accompanying drawing which discloses, by way of example, the principle of the invention and a preferred mode which has been contemplated of applying said principle.

In the drawing: a

Fig. 1 is a perspective front view of the animal enclosure device with a door thereof and drawer partly in open position.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device of Fig.1 with the door and drawer in closed position-the open position'of such door being shown inadot and dash lines.

Fig. 3 is across section taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the draw- 1 26 about hinge ing there is shown in Fig. 1 a substantially circular enclosure device I0 forming a combination bed and food trough or bowl assembly. The upright body I I includes a curved wall terminating ina lower edge and is made from plywood, plastic or plastic composition or similar material.

At the front I2 of body II there is provided a cutout I3 adapted to be closed by a swinging door I4 mounted on body II by means of a suitable hinge I 5 for swinging movement into and out of a closed position with respect to the cutout I3. Enclosure device I II has further a bottom IIi which extends a predetermined distance from the bottom edge I! of body II. The wall of the body II above the bottom I6 and the latter cooperate to define an upper compartment, while the Wall of the body II below the bottom I6 and the latter cooperate to define a lower compartment. At the inner face I8. of door I4 and at a location below the bottom I6 there is arranged a, shelf or carrier I9 having openings 20, 2| for removably receiving bowls 22, 23 provided with flange shaped rims 24, 25 to retain the bowls 22, 23 in substantially upright position onshelf I9.

Door I4 may be moved by means of a door knob l5 to open and closed positions, respectively, such door being retained in closed position by means of spring actuated pins 21, 28 which engage corresponding openings 21a, 28a provided in the end wall of body I I so that when door I4 is swung to closed position body I I forms a substantially circular shaped enclosure. The pins 21, 28 and openings 21a, 28a cooperate to form respective interengaging means on the door I4 and body II for detachably securing the door in closed position.

It will-be noted that shelf I9 is so arranged on door I4 that the bowls or troughs 22. and 23 are within easy reach of the animals when the door is swung to open position. At the underface of bottom I6 and within the lower compartment there are provided tracks 29 and 30 which are aligned with the cutout I3 and are adapted to slidably receive a drawer 3| which is provided with a bottom 32 and a knob 33, the latter being arranged for moving said drawer 3! along tracks 29 and 30 to open position, as seen in Fig. 1. Accordingly the drawer 3| can be moved within thelower compartment from a retracted position wherein the bottom I6 forms a cover for the drawer to an extended position wherein the drawer is accessible exteriorly of the tray II at the cutout I3. :As can be further realized from Fig. 3 shelf I9 is so arranged on door I4 that the forward end 19a. the shelf may abut against knob 33 to maintain said drawer 3| in its closed position, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

As it is apparent from Figs. 1 and 2 the enclosure device H! is of arcuate shape so as to facilitate accommodation of pet animal which have generally a curved back when in resting or lying position.

It is further of importance that the bottom I6 is raised from the floor in order to protect the animal from any draft. During rest periods of the animal or animals the food and water containing bowls are removed from the sight of the animal and accommodated below the bottom of the enclosure device in which drawer th usual toy assortment and other equipment. used ior cleaning or washing the animalmay be placed. Such drawer is further useful for receiving. medicines or other treatment articles as it la well understood.

Although the enclosure device Hi is shown with an upper circular-shaped circumferential edge "and also with aj lower circular-shapedcircumferential edge defining, respectiv'ely', thefo'pfen" top for upper compartment 11a" and open bottom pr compartment l i b, it is w ell' understood that-the shape ot the compartments Ill (1 "and 'I It may be different from eachother,or'may be at least'partly circular inorder to conform the same to the p lineof t m a bat a s and h' iii ih inrestingand lyingposltion;

It can thus be seen that there has been provided in accordance with: the present invention substantiall circular. body having snapper edge and a ioweredge', a bot'tom fixed me n body and partitioned intermediatelsaid"dges'to rerm'rm upper compartment' andj a lower" compartment, respectively, said aqdy being provided time .cut-outja swingable :doo'r amg'ea tosaid' body 0 and adapted to close saidcut'foutfa shelf provided with an openingand ass 'ciatediwith s'aiddoo'r, a food trough "insertabie insfaidopening', arias drawer siidably disposed in said lower'fco'r'riparthating in a lower peripheral e:dge,"ab ottom p0- 1 anc'efrom'sai'd lower edge to thereby forinan upp sitioned a predetermined dist V v, I V {compartmentopen on its top end, and a lower compartment open on s bottom end, said body being "provi ed with a cut-cute swingable door hinged to said body an adapted' td close; ancient-out, a shelf associated with said dporand na /mg an openingland a iorwardedge, a foodtrough' insertabi'e in'sa'id opening, a drawer haying" a knob and slidable in said lower compartment whereby said jp'eao'm iorms the cover 7 f or said drawer in predetermined position of the latter, and means mounting said drawer on said bottonrtorslidin'g movement within said lowercompa merit, aids 'i 'sjnmable into said lower compartment when'sa afc tout is closed by saiddoor, whereby "said forward e geoi the shelf abuts againstsaid'knob'to se- .to close said cut-out,.a shelf. provided with an opening for inserting therein a'ifoodtrough and associated with said door, and a drawer slidably ,disposed in said lower compartment, whereby ""said partition forms the stationary cover for said i drawer "in predetermined position of the latter,

said .sl' elf being arranged for movement into said lower compartment when said cut-out is closed by said. door, a portion of said partition also forming the stationary cover for said food trough when inserteddn said shelf opening.

an enclosuredevice comprising a bodyhavng a lower peripheraled'g'e, a bottomspaced above said lower peripheral edge and 's'ecu'red saidbody form an upper compartment and a lower compartmen'fisaid body ibeing providd with a'eiaout communicating with said upper'and lower compartments, a door receivable within said cutout and mounted on' saidbody for swinging movement into andout of a closed .50-

'sition' witii'respect to said cutout, a drawer disposed within said lowef'c'omp'artment and mountedfor movement therein "tram a retracted p651- tion whereinsaid'bot'to'rn'foi'ms a coverior said drawer man extended"position"whgrein said drawer is ac6essible"exteriorly a: sam'toa'y s am cutout, and'a' carrier projecting 'fi-om 'sa'id door and movable into said lower compartment in response to swinging movementofsaid door into said closed position, said carrier forming a stop for said" draw r and ,rri'afritaining' tha latter a'gainst movement when said drawer is in said retractedposition. L an enclosure device according to claim 3, wherein said body is curvdin cross-sectiomand said door is complementary to said cutout tb form a continuation of s'aid body when said door'is in saidclosedposition. K W enclosure device according to claim-3, including trough means carrfedon said "carrier and receivable within said lower compartment in said closed position ofs'aid-dooi'.

6. An enclosure device according to claim'3,

in'cludin respective'intereifg'aging means on said door andsaid body for detachably securing said doorinsaid closedpo'sition. '7 An en'closure'devie for animals comprising an upright body' including aciirv'ed wan terminatin'g m a lower edgefa nonzbntan disposed bottom spaced above said lowenedge indeeicure'd withinsaid body, the wallioi said bo y above said bottom and the latter cooperatingto deiine an upper compartment and the wall of sa d body below said bottom and the latter eooperating to define a lower compartment, said body being providedwith a cutout communicating with said upper and lower compartments, respectively, adoor closing said cutout and mounted for swingin movement was open position withrespect to said cutout,a"drawer disposed within said lower compartment, mounting means carried within said lower compartment in alignment with said cutout and mounting said drawer for movement to an extended position" wherein said drawer is accessible 'eiiterioi'ly'o! saidbody at said cutout, and atood carrier projecting'tro'm 5 said door at a location below said bottom and. ex- Number tending into said lower compartment when said 2,390,854 door is closed to form a stop for said drawer to 2,488,035 maintain the latter against movement.

GUSTAVE H. HERBERT. 5

Number References Cited in the file of this patent 2 577 UNITED STATES PATENTS 80,537 Number Name Date 506795 1,878,459 Bliss, Jr., et a1 Sept. 20, 1932 1 Name Date Thompson Dec. 11, 1945 Pistone Nov. 15, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain 1903 Sweden May 29, 1934 Great Britain June 1, 1939 

